West India merchant (Colonial - Caribbean)
No notes
1. National Archives PCAP 13/3/16: "Printed appeal to an Appeals Committee of the Privy Council from JAMAICA, Court of Chancery [colonial, Caribbean]. Appellant: Samuel Jackson, William Atkinson, George Bainbridge and William Ludlam. Respondent: John Jarrett"; National Archives PCAP 13/2/13: "Printed appeal to an Appeals Committee of the Privy Council from JAMAICA, Court of Chancery [colonial, Caribbean] Appellant: Thomas Murphy esq. Respondent: John Jaques esq, surviving acting executor and trustee, creditor of Sir Charles Price bart the younger, deceased [died 1788]; and on behalf of himself and other creditors who should contribute to the suit".
1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
